NTA Archives - Mobility Payments

In-Depth: Agencies See Opportunities–as well as Challenges–in Rolling Out Account-Based Ticketing

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 5, 2024 (February 11, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Account-Based Ticketing, NEORide, NTA

Account-based ticketing offers big potential for transit agencies, but also poses challenges, a panel of representatives from agencies in Europe, the Middle East and North America that have rolled out…

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Indra Confirms Win of Large Fare-System Contract in Ireland, Beating Out Cubic and Conduent

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 29, 2024 (May 16, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Ireland, NTA

Spain-based Indra, as expected, today was named the winner of Ireland’s large fare-system contract, topping the other two short-listed vendors, Cubic Transportation Systems and Conduent Transportation– on the strength of…

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Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 22, 2024 (April 26, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged LA Metro, NTA, SEPTA

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is believed to be looking at introducing open-loop payments and is considering rehiring Cubic with a sole-source contract to implement the new payments…

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Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 8, 2024 (May 22, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, NTA, OMNY, SEPTA

As Mobility Payments reported late last month, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been issuing a reloadable closed-loop OMNY card since October 2021, which uses white-label EMV technology. But the…

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Reported Contactless Pilot in Ireland Not Part of Planned National Open-Loop Rollout

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 6, 2023 (January 7, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Ireland, NTA

Recent reports in the Irish press suggesting that the country would launch a contactless fare-payments pilot in the second quarter as part of its planned national open-loop rollout were overstated,…

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Four Vendors Expected to Bid on Large Fare-Collection Project in Ireland

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 9, 2022 (November 10, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Ireland, NTA

Ireland’s National Transport Authority, or NTA, said it remains on track to award a contract for its major procurement of a nationwide account-based ticketing system–including support for open-loop payments–by late…

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In-Depth: Agencies See Opportunities–as well as Challenges–in Rolling Out Account-Based Ticketing

Indra Confirms Win of Large Fare-System Contract in Ireland, Beating Out Cubic and Conduent

Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic

Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

Reported Contactless Pilot in Ireland Not Part of Planned National Open-Loop Rollout

Four Vendors Expected to Bid on Large Fare-Collection Project in Ireland

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

U.S. Federal Rules Surface Again as Issue for Transit Agencies Outside California Buying Open-Loop Technology through Cal-ITP

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Barcelona Transport Authority Sets Date for Launch of Open-Loop Payments…Again; Can It Make It This Time?

Miami-Dade County Recommends Masabi for Back Office Deal; If Approved by Board, Debt-Strapped Cubic Would Lose Another Contract as Incumbent